Roamio & Mini

I just talked with support and am highly confused on what I need. First, when I bought the Roamio support said the Roamio would work with the mini via MoCA. However, they didn't really mention that it needed a bridge (unlike the big brothers).

Long story short I have a mini which can't connect using MoCA. So, I was going to get a Moca bridge. Support however said that I would need two MoCA adapters. One to connect to my router and the other to connect to my Mini? From the site (option 3) it makes it appear that I would only need one to build that bridge to the internet.

Also Option 2 is how I have things setup right now. My Roamio has an ethernet connection and Coaxial for cable. The diagram should mention Roamio plus and above. .

That's how it's setup right now. I think I will eventually prefer the MoCA just due to the room. Am I wrong in thinking that if I wanted to do MoCA that I would simply need a single adapter. I still don't understand why I would need two like Tivo support said.

If you want ethernet on the Mini side you'd need two which is how I'm set up as I have multiple devices I need to connect to my network. Sounds like they're just confused/mistaken for your situation. It happens with any company as CSR's are human.

I think we may need to clarify the model the OP has. The way I'm reading it, I'm guessing they have the 4-tuner base model Roamio. Given that, I believe they do, in fact, need two MoCA adapters. One would be needed at the router to create the MoCA network, and one would be needed at the Roamio to convert the MoCA signal to Ethernet. The mini would be fine since MoCA is already supported.

It looks like Tivo support misspoke when they said "One to connect to my router and the other to connect to my Mini" Instead of Mini, they should have said Roamio.

I think we may need to clarify the model the OP has. The way I'm reading it, I'm guessing they have the 4-tuner base model Roamio. Given that, I believe they do, in fact, need two MoCA adapters. One would be needed at the router to create the MoCA network, and one would be needed at the Roamio to convert the MoCA signal to Ethernet. The mini would be fine since MoCA is already supported.

It looks like Tivo support misspoke when they said "One to connect to my router and the other to connect to my Mini" Instead of Mini, they should have said Roamio.

Use this option to create a MoCA network in your home. Once it's created, you can connect MoCA-ready devices (like other Roamio Plus/Pro DVRs, Premiere 4/XL/Elite DVRs, and TiVo Minis) to your MoCA home network through the coax cable.

Devices that arent MoCA-ready, like the four-tuner TiVo Roamio, can easily join the MoCA home network using a MoCA network adapter, available from the TiVo store.

I think we may need to clarify the model the OP has. The way I'm reading it, I'm guessing they have the 4-tuner base model Roamio. Given that, I believe they do, in fact, need two MoCA adapters. One would be needed at the router to create the MoCA network, and one would be needed at the Roamio to convert the MoCA signal to Ethernet. The mini would be fine since MoCA is already supported.

It looks like Tivo support misspoke when they said "One to connect to my router and the other to connect to my Mini" Instead of Mini, they should have said Roamio.

To network the two, all I needed was to install the MoCa POE filter where my cable enters my apartment (before any splitters or coax power line amplifier) so the signal doesn't leak outside. Update: I later also replaced the coax splitters I had that were rated 1 Ghz with 2 Ghz splitters (MoCa uses frequencies over 1 Ghz and I had experienced some lost connections).

The Roamio Pro is connected to the Internet via a wired Ethernet cable plugged into my router which has a wired connection to my cable modem. By using the built-in ability of the Pro to create a MoCa network, the Mini connected with the Pro over the existing coax cables once I went into the settings of the Pro and turned on the the setting to use the Pro to create a MoCa network. The Pro acts as a bridge to the Internet for the Mini. The Mini can access whatever is on the Pro plus Netflix and Pandora over the local MoCa network. In the Pro, the Network setting says it is using "Ethernet + MoCA".

To avoid disconnections, I updated the splitters (as noted above) and assigned both the Pro and Mini static IP addresses on the network (as recommended by other posters). For security, in addition to the POE filter, you can create and enter an encryption key in the MoCa settings on both the Pro and Mini.